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Brazilian Cuisine

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Brazilian cuisine blends Indigenous, Portuguese, African and Asian influences across a continental-scale country whose cooking varies sharply by region, from the Portuguese-descended wheat-and-dairy traditions of the south to the West African-shaped seafood and palm-oil cooking of Bahia. Indigenous peoples contributed founding ingredients such as cassava, cashew and acai, Portuguese settlers introduced wheat, wine and dairy, enslaved Africans shaped much of the coastal repertoire, and twentieth-century Japanese immigration built the country's own distinct take on Asian cooking. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Churrasco: barbecuing meat over an open flame or embers, a preparation style that originated in southern Brazil and is similar to the Argentine and Uruguayan asado. 1
Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own account
Brazil (Indigenous, Portuguese and West African roots) 1
Brazilian Cuisine
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Acaraje, Dishes
Source Acaraje (Wikipedia)
Aspic, Dishes
Source Aspic (Wikipedia)
Baked Potato, Dishes
Source Baked potato (Wikipedia)
Canja de galinha, Dishes
Source Canja de galinha (Wikipedia)
Coxinha, Dishes
Source Coxinha - Wikipedia
Espetada, Dishes
Source Espetada (Wikipedia)
Farofa, Dishes
Source Farofa (Wikipedia)
Feijoada, Dishes
Hagelslag, Dishes
Source Hagelslag - Wikipedia
Kibbeh, Dishes
Source Kibbeh (Wikipedia)
Mett, Dishes
Source Mett (Wikipedia)
Moqueca, Dishes
Source Moqueca, Wikipedia
Pilaf, Dishes
Source Pilaf (Wikipedia)
Plov, Dishes
Source Pilaf (Wikipedia)
Quindim, Dishes
Source Quindim (Wikipedia)
Sagu (dessert), Dishes
Source Sagu (dessert) (Wikipedia)
Salteña, Dishes
Source Wikipedia: Salte├▒a
Sfiha, Dishes
Source Sfiha, Wikipedia
Vatapa, Dishes
Source Vatapa - Wikipedia
Virado, Dishes
Source Virado (Wikipedia)
Xarém, Dishes
Source Xarém (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Okra, Ingredients
Source Okra, Wikipedia
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1. Brazilian Cuisine (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    Brazilian cuisine is the set of cooking practices and traditions of Brazil, and is characterized by African, European, Amerindian and Asian (Levantine, Japanese, and most recently, Chinese) influences.
  • Churrasco
    Churrasco is the term for a barbecue (similar to the Argentine or Uruguayan asado) which originated in southern Brazil.
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Kibbeh (Wikipedia)
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Pilaf (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Features Dish: Plov, Wikipedia category list
  • Features Dish: Pilaf, Wikipedia category list
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Sfiha, Wikipedia
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Acaraje (Wikipedia)
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Vatapa - Wikipedia
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Coxinha - Wikipedia
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Wikipedia: Salte├▒a
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Hagelslag - Wikipedia
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Farofa (Wikipedia)
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Baked potato (Wikipedia)
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Mett (Wikipedia)
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Espetada (Wikipedia)
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Aspic (Wikipedia)
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Xarém (Wikipedia)
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Moqueca, Wikipedia
Features Dish: Moqueca, lead paragraph
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Moqueca (IPA: [moˈkɛkɐ] or IPA: [muˈkɛkɐ] depending on the dialect, also spelled muqueca) is a Brazilian seafood stew.
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Canja de galinha (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Canja de galinha, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Canja de galinha, lead paragraph
Canja de galinha (European Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐ̃ʒɐ ðɨ ɣɐˈlĩɲɐ], Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐ̃ʒɐ dʒi gaˈlĩj̃ɐ], (literally "chicken congee"), or simply canja, is a popular chicken soup of Portuguese, Cape Verdean, and Brazilian cuisine.
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Sagu (dessert) (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Sagu (dessert), lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Sagu (dessert), lead paragraph
Sagu (or sagu de vinho, Portuguese pronunciation: [saˈɡu dʒi ˈviɲu]) is a southern Brazilian dessert, made with tapioca pearls, sugar and red wine.
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Quindim (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Quindim, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Quindim, lead paragraph
Quindim (Portuguese pronunciation: [kĩ ˈdʒĩ] ) is a popular Brazilian baked dessert of Portuguese heritage, made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks and ground coconut.
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Virado (Wikipedia)
Features Dish: Virado, lead paragraph
Quote, Features Dish: Virado, lead paragraph
Virado, also known as virado à Paulista, is a complete meal from the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Okra, Wikipedia
Uses Ingredient: Okra, Culinary, Brazil
Quote, Uses Ingredient: Okra, Culinary, Brazil
In Brazil, it is an important component of several regional dishes, such as caruru, made with shrimp, in the Northeastern region, and frango com quiabo (chicken with okra) and carne refogada com quiabo (stewed meat with okra) in Minas Gerais.
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